Learn More

We encourage you to continue reading and learning about the Green Book and about the history of Black businesses in the Twin Cities. Here are some further resources to get started:

The Green Book

  1. University of Virginia’s The Architecture of the Negro Traveler’s Green Book 

  2. The Green Book - NYPL Digital Collections

  3. Nieeta L. Presley, “Traveling Without Aggravation: How Victor H. Green Changed Travel for Black Americans: Green Book Locations in the Historic Rondo Community (1940-1956),” Ramsey County History, Vol. 57, no. 2, 2022.

  4. Driving the Green Book - Macmillan Podcasts

  5. Echoes of the Green Book Passport Booklet

Race and Property in the Twin Cities: 

  1. Mapping Prejudice - What is a Covenant?

  2. Mapping Inequality

  3. Explore MN article on supporting Black-owned businesses

  4. Resources to learn more about the Rondo neighborhood

Project Sources: 

  1. Echoes of the Green Book Project Sources